The most interesting man alive? We’d vote for he who races a tall cross bike, while women blow horns for him No need to shoulder…
2011
America First
This bicycle riders in parade on the Fourth of July at Vale, Oregon photo from the LOC has so much Americana, it can’t wait for…
Cyber Monday for Cyclists
From an old Panasonic bike ad that predicted the future Cyber Monday sounds like the day when Skynet becomes self-aware, when the Sarah Connors of…
Grass Track Racing: Fixies on grass, skinny jeans optional
I was thinking about the now famous xtranormal short “Hipsters Discussing Cyclocross” and how the two characters wondered if fixed gear bikes could be used…
BMX dérailleurs
Every so often, some pro BMX rider experiments with a derailleur on a BMX bike. Most recently is Barry Nobles with his PK Ripper with…
A Blue SMG
From his fixed set on Flickr, blue.beanie’s SMG
Into the Barriers with Nys and Pauwels
For those of you not as familiar with the rules of bike racing, putting someone “into the barriers” in a sprint is like a face…
CX Trick Riding from Morvelo
Inevitable we’d see CX Trick Riding after the CrossCat at SSCXWC last year and the SSCX eliminator at StarCrossed and cool. Take an AlleyCat into…
Look’s Power Meter from 1990
Simon Masters has been reminiscing on G+ with old Winning covers and ads, like this one for a Look power meter. In the 90s, Winning…
Tied and Soldered
As part of my retro-build, I got the screwy idea of tying and soldering my wheels. Sure Jobst Brandt thinks it’s worthless, but it’s retro…